Oil-can.



C. SCHMIDT.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1914.

v Patented May 2,1916.

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CHAREES SCHMIDT, OF WEST MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

OIL-CAN.

Application filed March 113, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at W est Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oil cans. i

The object of my invention is to provide convenient and safe means for momentarily illuminating an oil cup or duct and also the nozzle of the oil can while adjusting said nozzle to the oil cup or duct.

l the drawingsFigure l is a side elevation, partly in vertical section, of an oil can embodying my invention.

tail view, in elevation, of the lower portion of the can, showing the door to the auxiliary compartment. 0

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views. l

The oil can A isprovided with a spout B terminating in a nozzle 6, through which the oil is delivered to an oil cup or to the part or hearing to be lubricated. The spout B has scr'ew threaded connection. with the can and is provided with a knurled collar C to facilitate unscrewing it. All of these parts may be of any ordinary construction, except that the can A is provided with an auxiliary chamber E adapted to receive an electric battery F, one pole of which is connected at a with the wall of the can and the other pole of which is connected at 0, (Z, with the insulated terminal of a conductor 0, f, it, leading to the lamp H. The sections 6, f, of the conductor are normally electrically disconnected or are adapted to be connected up by a push button J, preferably mounted upon the handle D of the oil canin a position convenient for operation by the linger or thumb of the same hand which supports and manipulates the oil can. The sections 1, it, of the conductor above dc scribed are detachablv connected by a slip coupling 1, whereby the outer section It, to-

,gether with the lamp, may be readily de- Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Fig, 2 is a, 7 rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 1s a de Patented May 2, 191163 Serial No. flfigtfid.

" tached and removed with the spout B, when sheath may have sufiicient rigidity to support the lamp H in the most tion for illuminating the avoiding the necessity ditional clamp to support the lamp socket directly from the spout. The sheath K may also have sutlicient flexibility to allow the lamp to be moved as may be necessary from time to time to suit the requirements of different machinery. The battery F may be removed, renewed or replaced from time to time by openinga door G to the compart,- ment E. This door is preferably hinged at 9 and is normally secured in closed position by a sliding and is adapted t o engage a catch pin 9. The particular style of door, door latch and catch is however not material and it will of course be understood that the arrangement of the conductor f upon the handle l) is merely one of convenience, the object being to locate the push button at a convenient point for operation.

In use, the oil can is manipulated in the usual manner to bring the nozzle into proximity to the bearing or cupto which oil is to be delivered, and if the light is insuflicient, the operator presses the button J, whereupon the lamp will be lighted, thus enabling the operator to properly adjust ithe nozzle with accuracy and without de- I claim The combination of an oil can provided with a curved pouring spout and having a handle at the opposite side of the can from that toward which the spout is curved, an independent chamber formed on the base available posinozzle 6, thus of employing an adof said can, an electric battery located in said base, an electric lampmounted upon the pouring spout and supported within the arc of curvature thereof and near its extremity, and connected with the battery, and

latch g, which is forked a push button mounted upon the handle and In testimony whereof I affix my signature controlllng the cn-cult of sand lamp, sand 1n the presence of two V1tI1QSS8S.

pouring spoutbein detachable and said 4 l L1H 1 electrical connection? between the battery CHARLES SCHMID'L and lzunp being detachably coupled adjacent \Vitncsses: v to the connection between the spout and the Imvmm'r'r (J. \VHEELER,

can. 1 (3112011011 A. AFl-ELDT.

twice on? this'p atent maybe obteined'tor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0. 

